Margaret Wise Brown

Margaret Wise Brown was the author of Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, along with hundreds of other books, stories, and songs. This book contains some those long-forgotten works from one of the most enduring writers for children of all time.

This is a collection of works by Margaret Wise Brown that was originally published in 1999. Containing poems, stories, songs, and notes by the best-selling author of many well-known children's books, Willie the Whistling Giraffe provides insight into the way Margaret wrote and thought about writing. At the time her death, Margaret had begun working with record companies along with radio and television producers to create mixed media projects for children....

Goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room: goodnight chairs, goodnight comb, goodnight air.

A little bunny counts and bids goodnight to all the objects in his room before falling asleep.

Two little trains, one streamlined, the other old-fashioned, puff, puff, puff, and chug, chug, chug, on their way West.

When Christmas in the barn was first published in 1952, it demonstrated all of Margaret Wise Brown's mastery at skillfully fashioning a truly childlike interpretation of the Nativity story. For this larger, full-color edition, Caldecott Honor artist Diane Goode has created a new tableau of visitors to the barn that will please generations of new readers.

Unable to sleep on Christmas Eve, four children creep downstairs to see the tree, their stockings, their wrapped gifts, and to hear the singing of the carolers.

Animals seek shelter in a big, warm barn during a cold, snowy night.

A little rabbit greets each day and says good night to the familiar things outside.

Follows the journey of a little bird who flies to the north, south, east, and west to decide which direction she likes best.